Mount Borgeson

Borgeson, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Mount Borgeson  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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Place ID: 1616
Name ID: 122747

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A peak 5 mi ESE of Smith Peak in the Walker Mountains of Thurston Island. First delineated from air photos taken by USN Operation HighJump, 1946-47. Named by US-ACAN for Warren T. Borgeson, topographic engineer with the USN Bellingshausen Sea Expedition, who established geodetic control points in this area in February 1960.

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Location

Latitude:
72° 12' 00.0" S
-72.20000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
99° 00' 00.0" W
-99.00000°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1960

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